Par BERLIOZ HECTOR. When Berlioz won the Prix de Rome in 1830 he had already composed several major works such as the Symphonie Fantastique. Indeed, he became the essential French romantic composer. The Hungarian March is taken from the fourth act of The Damnation of Faust, a dramatic legend composed in 1846 and sometimes performed in the form of an opera. Previoiusly Berlioz had given it the sub-…

for String Quartet. Par ORFF CARL. Like the Quartettsatz of 1914 (ED 7816), Quartettsatz in c-Moll of 1921, premièred by the Henschel Quartet at the Orff Centre in Munich in 2007, testifies to Orff’s early struggles towards the classical-Romantic tradition. Originally left unfinished as a fragment in C sharp minor, the first version has now been reconstructed (in C minor) from a source that only s…

Hammerklavier. Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. “Here’s a sonata that will challenge pianists and that one will be able to play in 50 years”: thus Beethoven is said to have written to his publisher Artaria regarding his mighty “Hammerklavier” Sonata Op. 106. Given its monumental scale and extreme musical and pianistic demands, the term “Grande Sonate” seems almost an understatement. Dedicated to Archduke…

For this volume, Franz Vesters studies most suited to the treble recorder have been selected and adapted and will complement existing recorder studies. The studies span the period between 1700 und 1900 and feature pieces from the late Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods that extend the boundaries of the traditional recorder repertoire. A musically exciting and complementary to existing recorde…

Tonalité : E-Moll - Op.: 87 -. Par HERZOGENBERG HEINRICH VON. The musically convincing and, in many respects, original setting of the liturgical text in Herzogenberg’s Mass represents a final culmination in the late romantic repertoire of the genre Missa solemnis. The full score, which is published here for the first time, makes this most inspiring work by Herzogenberg accessible for performance./…

Par GILBERT / SULLIVAN. An enduringly popular romantic spoof that has charmed countless listeners since its 1885 debut. The Mikado's appealing Japanese setting lends fresh novelty to Sullivan's winsome melodies and Gilbert's satirical verses. This new vocal score edition by Carl Simpson and Ephraim Hammett Jones includes all the voice parts, a piano reduction of the full score and the complete lib…

Blue Moon , written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1934, has had many treatments over the decades. Mel Tormé made a smooth hit version in the 1940s, Elvis Presley put it on his first album in 1956 and The Marcels had a doo-wop hit with it in 1961, but 'An American Werewolf in London' was the first movie to associate this most romantic of songs with lycanthropy. This brand new arrangement by…

Blue Moon , written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1934, has had many treatments over the decades. Mel Tormé made a smooth hit version in the 1940s, Elvis Presley put it on his first album in 1956 and The Marcels had a doo-wop hit with it in 1961, but 'An American Werewolf in London' was the first movie to associate this most romantic of songs with lycanthropy. This brand new arrangement by…

10 Morceaux de favoris par les maîtres. Cette édition propre des oeuvres nouvellement gravé pour Flute et Piano contient dix des chefs-d'oeuvre de romantique préféré du flutiste. Pièces comprennent : Beethoven - Sérénade en ré majeur (mouvements sélectionnés) - Bizet - entracte de Carmen - Chopin - Variations sur un thème de Rossini - Saint-SaËns - le cygne - Kuhnau - Divertissement - Schumann - t…

Par SAY FAZIL. This effective encore piece was written for the piano duo Lucas & Arthur Jussen. Virtuoso scales and percussive inside-piano effects put the gloomy and aggressive tonal world of the piano to the extreme for a romantic spooky scene in the night. / Niveau : Avancé / Répertoire / Piano 4 Mains

This book provides a wonderfully clear and concise introduction for each musical form---step by step, from the most elementary to the most complex---with examples of the most popular compositions from the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic eras. A correlated CD is included to enhance the learning process. / Formation Musicale